It just hit me--- OMG, I'm next

luckylady18 · September 2014

A co-worker, who is out on maternity leave, brought her 9-week old baby in to visit.

a) he's adorable.

b) I thought - OMG, I'm next! This sh*t is getting real....

I really think this is starting to hit me. I'm going to be a MOM?! Whaaaa????

luckylady18 · September 2014

Yes!! I'm due in 15 weeks. This is very scary. I feel totally unprepared. The whole 24/7 thing is scary to think about.

I'm assuming it's normal to get freaked out like this a bit before your first??

Curbs12 · September 2014

I'm almost 26 weeks and I don't think it has FULLY hit me yet. I think once we get the nursery done I'll be like "okay this is happening."

mandikins27 · September 2014

My pregnancy buddy was induced today.. That makes me up next too

excited! But scared!

Edvent · September 2014

I definitely remember feeling this way with my first, and it still happens sometimes with #2 too. A client brought her 4 day old daughter to her appointment last week and more than anything I just got excited and eager... you forget how tiny they start out! I need some baby snuggles!

Lola918 · September 2014

It hit me today too! I just got to 24 weeks and for the first time ever, decided to calculate backwards from my due date. Somehow, 'I'm only 16 weeks away' sounds way more pregnant than 'I'm 24 weeks along.'

luckylady18 · September 2014

I agree. Being 25 weeks sounds like I have so much further to go. Saying I have 15 weeks left feels like it's going to be here tomorrow!

mandikins27 · September 2014

Ten years here!!

i have deff forgotten! And also a lot has changed in ten years... What do u mean u dont cover baby anymore!? And he sleeps on his back now??

and crib mattress's incline now? Omg i need a refresher course

KnitPixy · September 2014

Totally in the freaking out FTM boat...I still don't think it's totally hit me but I am crazy nervous!

kellyfo14 · September 2014

Totally with you all and it is my third! What happens once the baby is home us you have moments of whoa, then you have to remind yourself. Oh yeah I AM doing this.

britb618 · September 2014

haha stm here and we just did this whole newborn thing last year...but even when my daughter was like 6 months and I'd see a little baby it was like OMG I forgot they are that little! so totally normal to feel overwhelmed...and I definitely am still in shock that I need to take care of these two kids and they will rely on me for their survival...BUT don't worry, its not really as hard or dramatic as we all make it out to be, most people it comes pretty natural to once your baby is born

MusicFanatic · September 2014

At max, I have 11 weeks

if she's not here by 37 weeks, I'll be induced. 11 weeks???!!! Yeah, definitely overwhelming.

peggels24 · September 2014

MusicFanatic said:

At max, I have 11 weeks if she's not here by 37 weeks, I'll be induced. 11 weeks???!!! Yeah, definitely overwhelming.

@musicfanatic Wow, 11 weeks!

MusicFanatic · September 2014

peggels24 said:

MusicFanatic said:

At max, I have 11 weeks if she's not here by 37 weeks, I'll be induced. 11 weeks???!!! Yeah, definitely overwhelming.

@musicfanatic Wow, 11 weeks!

As of tomorrow, exactly 11 weeks!!! Even more overwhelming is knowing she might not quite make it that far. It hit me more this week when the car seat arrived and H bought paint to start the nursery, eeeek.

Cbeanz · September 2014

I'm still trying to get my mind around the fact that I'm a mom! I still feel like a kid! Just old :-)

MusicFanatic · September 2014

ExcitedMama2 said:

MusicFanatic said:

peggels24 said:

MusicFanatic said:

At max, I have 11 weeks if she's not here by 37 weeks, I'll be induced. 11 weeks???!!! Yeah, definitely overwhelming.

@musicfanatic Wow, 11 weeks!
As of tomorrow, exactly 11 weeks!!! Even more overwhelming is knowing she might not quite make it that far. It hit me more this week when the car seat arrived and H bought paint to start the nursery, eeeek.

I hope that baby stays all 11 weeks

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I do too!

4littlebears · September 2014

It still feels like a long time to me, until I think about what's coming up ahead! Next up is Halloween, then it feels like the next week is Thanksgiving, and 2 days later comes Christmas. LOL Of course it's longer than that, but that's the way it feels! And after Christmas, I could deliver as soon as Jan 4th since I have about a 90% chance of being induced early because of high blood pressure and GD.

That's when I feel like, WOAH shit!

Julie1211 · September 2014

I looked down at my stomach a minute ago and thought "man, I need to lay off the snacks" then I rembered that there was a baby in there. In that split second I had totally forgot that I was pregnant. I guess I'm still waiting for it to hit me.

amiej1227 · September 2014

I'm getting excited and very nervous... We are finally starting on the nursery and it has helped, once I'm done with that though I'm going to be like is it time yet?!?!

Maebb · September 2014

I don't think the reality of it will completely hit me until I'm holding the baby after it's born. That's how it was with DS.

But yeah, people will ask me questions like how many more weeks and whether I have the nursery ready, or I'll see a newborn, and I'm like, "Oh yeah, I'm having a baby in four months!"

AlfiesMOM · September 2014

I kind of had one of these moments today! I just made the rest of my OB appointments.. I only have 8 left till my due date! Top this off, I ordered some new born stuff which also came today. I was holding up this tiny outfit being like OMG I am going to have something fit into this VERY soon! Crazy town!

babyzap20 · September 2014

BRING ON MATERNITY LEAVE DAMMIT. I NEED A VACATION!!

hahahaha yeahhhhh right.

I feel so screwed.

[-O<

honeybeee3 · September 2014

It hasn't fully hit me yet. To be honest, I think I'm still in a denial a little bit. I don't wanna think about having two babies under two, it really scares the crap out of me!

ETA: But I'm still madly in love with this LO and can't wait to meet him!

cassied7 · September 2014

I'm freaking out more this time and I just brought my first baby home last year!

honeybeee3 · September 2014

HappyMonkey817 said:
I'm still in denial ;-)

@HappyMonkey817‌ Haha if you're referring to my comment, I think "denial" might have been the wrong word for me to use. I don't know why a better word would be?? It's hard for me to describe.

Lanatir · September 2014

My SiL was due 5 weeks ahead of me last time around when I was a FTM and even once I saw my niece and was 5 weeks away from my due date, I was still like "Nope, not gonna happen." It seriously did NOT hit me until they pulled her out and put her on my stomach and I was like "Uhhhh there's a tiny child on the outside of me."

This time around, idk. I have so much else going on that even with how much I was sick I'm still not really struck by it. It's just another line in the constant jabber of medical appointments and hospital visits with what's going on with my mom this time around. Although it is certainly in the back of my mind that my mom is super upset she might not even make it to see this one, so I guess it's just hitting me differently?

mandikins27 · September 2014

ExcitedMama2 said:

mandikins27 said:

Ten years here!! i have deff forgotten! And also a lot has changed in ten years... What do u mean u dont cover baby anymore!? And he sleeps on his back now?? and crib mattress's incline now? Omg i need a refresher course

Right? My mom was all over me when I sent her a pic of the blanket I crocheted. Somehow she, who hasn't had kids in 27 years, knew that "blankets don't belong in a crib" and told me I just needed warm pajamas or those sleep sacks.

Rear facing car seats until they're two now, too! Which I totally support cause I'm a car seat nazi, but then the new guideline makes me feel like it is a minimum and I should be doing it longer. Can I rear face until he's 20?

Omg! I hadnt even looked into car seats yet!! ok panic is setting in now

csjsmom · September 2014

It hasn't hit me yet! I'm due at the end of January so not quite 22 weeks. But I'm not really showing yet (definitely not in the morning) even though it's my 3rd. Not many people know yet either so I don't talk about it most of the time. I really can't believe I'm so close to the earliest viability date. Amazing that such little babies have a chance if surviving.

sanbry · September 2014

I'm a second time mom and my dd is 2.5. I feel like time is dragging some days and flying on others. It's hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that my hubby and I will be parents of TWO KIDS in just about 16 or so weeks!